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Shantanu Awale

3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013AWAL01

Shantanu Awale has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.08, set at Oculus Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 122nd in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since October 2013, he has put 1,383 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.31 in October 2013 to 7.08, a 61% improvement. Shantanu has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.08
signature single · Oculus Cube Open 2023
1,383
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×37.089.93
top 1.4%122 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed12.8816.37
top 4.2%126 / 4,516
2×22.094.70
top 5.4%407 / 12,146
4×436.9343.95
top 8.6%233 / 4,186
5×51:20.591:27.87
top 19.6%216 / 1,525
Pyraminx6.7311.02
top 25.6%1,561 / 8,934
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves42.33
top 30.0%124 / 600
7×74:44.995:05.71
top 46.1%146 / 360
6×63:17.153:25.33
top 49.1%225 / 531
Skewb11.0920.29
top 61.3%1,787 / 3,524
Square-157.731:16.45
top 82.2%589 / 805
Megaminx5:18.87—
early days — 2 solves1,338 / 1,443

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

DJ Open 2013: 18.31Bombay Open 2013: 14.05Techfest Cube Mania 2014: 15.58Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 16.68Indian Nationals 2014: 10.80DJ Open 2014: 11.18SCMU Juhu Open 2015: 10.38SCMU Freedom Open 2015: 9.99SCMU Cognition Open 2015: 10.13SCMU KJSCE Open 2015: 10.66SP Open Mini 2015: 9.70Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 11.72SCMU Open 2016: 10.09SCMU ICT Open 2016: 10.35Indian Nationals 2016: 10.85KJSCE Mumbai Open 2016: 9.97Praxis Open 2016: 9.90Maharashtra Championship 2016: 10.02Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 8.95Polyhedra Open 2017: 9.23SCMU ICT Open 2017: 9.72Mumbai Monsoon Open 2017: 9.22SCMU 2017: 9.83Udaan Rubik's Cube Open 2018: 8.38Phoenix Cube Championship 2018: 9.04KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018: 9.42Oculus Cube Open 2019: 9.43Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019: 9.14Dream City Cube Open 2019: 10.19Oculus Cube Open 2020: 8.69Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022: 10.57Korum Cube Challenge 2023: 9.68Oculus Cube Open 2023: 7.08Korum Winter Cube Challenge 2025: 9.567.0818.315 Oct 20131 Nov 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

  • Nikhil Soares — met in 232 rounds, finished ahead 103 times
  • Alaik Bhatia — met in 198 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
  • Aniket Das — met in 145 rounds, finished ahead 75 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.